Rather than requiring knowledge of arcane vocabulary, new SAT questions unveiled this morning show the test will focus on "analyzing relevant words in context" and doing things like drawing conclusions from scatterplots.

Other cities apparently have pension issues, too

So, good news on the Detroit bankruptcy front: The city's pension boards and a retirees’ group say they've reached tentative agreements with the city that could be a pathway out of bankruptcy. The fate of Detroit’s pension funds has been an issue of debate for the past year, particularly after the city announced it would cut pensions along with repayments to banks.

'Radioactive Oil Socks' would be a great band name

A large quantity of "improperly stored and abandoned radioactive waste" stemming from shale oil mining has triggered a public outcry in North Dakota. The items — what are known as "oil socks," used to capture silt — were discovered in an abandoned gas station. The incidents show that North Dakota's regulators have been slow to address repercussions from the surge in crude output, the Wall Street Journal reports.

So next time you're tooling down the highway in Missouri, don't freak out too much if someone outside your car starts yelling at you to slow down. "The LRAD sound cannon, a 'directed-sound communication device' that can blast sound waves over long distances" is being deployed by the Missouri Department of Transportation to slow down speeders, reports Gizmodo. What's the over/under on how long until someone freaks out and drives off the road?